This worked - pulling a combine

rockyridgefarm · Oct 26, 2022

We made this hitch today with random junk. Then I pulled this junk combine 20 miles to test it out. We will need to tweak a few things, but it did alright. I got up to 40mph a few times, but mostly ran 30.

I am gonna add a 4" spacer in the middle of the bottom and add a chain to stiffen the pipe. I m gonna put a much large piece of channel iron to butt up against straw walker housing and add gussets. I am gonna change out the ratchet straps for chains and binders to strengthen the side to side.

Now to make a trip to pull one home 100 miles away.

super99 · Oct 26, 2022

Good Luck!!!

Bob Harvey · Oct 26, 2022

So, Are you just collecting these units , or are you doing the 'refurbish for resale' deal ?

rustred · Oct 26, 2022

u must have nerves of steel, in them welds.

farmersamm · Oct 26, 2022

Allis was on the verge of seizing when I was moving hay HALF A MILE FROM THE HOUSE by road.

Spent time making adapters for my towbar to fit on the tractor axle.

And dragged the old eyesore home a grand total of 2600 feet...........but it was 2600 highway feet. I gotta thing about safety.

Be careful with that thing.

Blackhole49 · Oct 27, 2022

Any reason you couldn't put it on a car dolly?

rrlund · Oct 27, 2022

I hauled a Deere 40SP parts machine home that way one time. I used a square tongue off an old New Holland 610 chopper. I cut a
notch in it so the chain wouldn't slip, then I slid it under the combine, ran a chain right up over the machine, tightened it with
a binder and chained it to the axle so it wouldn't move side to side.

tim s · Oct 27, 2022

I see a lot of bad in this set up....and in 100 miles a lot of bad can happen...

jon f mn · Oct 27, 2022

Your design is good. The main pipe or tube
should be stronger tho. A bridge under will
help, but use flat strap rather than chain
or cable as they will stretch too much. If
you could find an old plow beam for that
you would have a great hitch. The straw
walker frame is not made to carry the
weight of the machine, and so even tho
carrying there will help the pipe carry the
weight, you could end up damaging the body
of the machine. Looks like that's not too
much of an issue with this one, but it's
something to consider.

rockyridgefarm · Oct 27, 2022

Rustred, I agree. We are gonna drill two 1/2" holes through and bolt it with grade 8 bolts.

Blackhole, I have a 25 gooseneck trailer I have hauled one on, but this one comes with a corn head, so it is too long, too wide, too heavy, and too tall. If I remember correctly, I was 14 after letting the air out. I would have to go twice - once for the head and once for the combine. I will save time and fuel pulling it slowly home.

rockyridgefarm · Oct 27, 2022

Jon, Seeing some of the work you do that you post on here, I have high regard for your advice. The walker housing brace is to distribute the load a little bit. I agree that I have to be careful in not taking too much weight on it. The strap underneath is really gonna help carry the weight.

matthies · Oct 27, 2022

Not enough weight for a dolly and if there are any hills, the dolly will get pushed and jackknife the whole operation. We moved one with a bar three miles, left the tires on and chained the steering arms to the towbar. The combine end of the towbar pivoted so it pulled like a wagon.

RogerinIowa · Oct 27, 2022

Custom cutters pulled Deere combines from
Texss to Canada and back each summer. You
need to check them out. Left steer tires
on, but not touching road. Disconnected
shafts to the final drives. Looked way
better than this. Sorry no pictures.

Centerplate · Oct 27, 2022

Rocky, I am wondering if you removed the drive shafts?

ADB-Ia · Oct 27, 2022

I chained an old power line pole under mine one time to get it home from the field but I'd hate to go a hundred miles that way.

rockyridgefarm · Oct 27, 2022

Hey all,
this is a first draft. I appreciate all constructive comments and advice to improve it. It cost me a little labor to make it. If I had the desire to do so, I would build a low trailer that the combine can ride on with the wheels 8" off the ground. This is a once or twice or five times thing. If I did not think it was relatively safe and responsible I would not do it.

If your only comment is That looks like a stupid idea, keep it to yourself. Or go ahead and say it and it will be ignored. Your response reflects on you more than it does me.

Blackhole49 · Oct 27, 2022

Thanks. I was referring to a two wheel dolly. Matthies said not enough weight on the steer tires.

DoubleO7 · Oct 27, 2022

Might consider building a sort of cradle for the drive tires.

Maybe two mobile home axles and tires tied together with some plate steel welded to the axles that matches the tire radius?

Fritz Maurer · Oct 27, 2022

People post ,, look what I did,, projects all the time.
Presenting this to an entire nation and beyond,
someone is bound to have a different opinion. No
point in lashing out at them... especially since
printed word is often misinterpreted, and they dont
actually mean any harm.

Roger Tomfohrde · Oct 27, 2022

New idea had a commercial unit to tow their Uni combines in the 70's, built like that. You are on the right track just needs to be braced better like you describe.

Crazy Horse · Oct 27, 2022

I agree Fritz .... and to be honest, I don't see any comments that are nasty or offensive. I think the original poster was perhaps asking for opinions and all that I read were decently presented even if they were not in 100% agreement the way it was done.

JMOR · Oct 27, 2022

(quoted from post at 10:05:47 10/27/22) Thanks. I was referring to a two wheel dolly. Matthies said not enough weight on the steer tires.

moved my International self-propelled 101 combine 75 miles using a car dolly under the steering rear wheels. Worked just fine the whole way.

Texasmark · Oct 28, 2022

When I was stationed in Altus, Ok. when I wasn't on duty, in my spare time I unloaded grain from boxcars at the silos, with a cable operated tow and a large board. I got to see them as they came by and worked the fields. Interesting life I'm sure being part of that annual event moving from the South to the North following the harvest.

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